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Introverts Win Gold Medals Too – Huffington Post
This article first appeared on QuietRev.com The world’s biggest stage—the Olympic Games. To medal, especially gold, is to put yourself in the biggest spotlight imaginable. Not everyone loves this. Take, for example, Christoph Harting of Germany, the 2016 men’s Olympic gold medalist in the discus. While discus is certainly not the center stage sport—gymnastics, swimming, and the running events of track and field take those honors—it is one of the…
Rain washes out on-track action at Charlotte – Nascar
The effects of Hurricane Matthew reached far into North Carolina on Friday as rain from the storm forced the cancellation of on-track activity at Charlotte Motor Speedway, including the postponement of the NASCAR XFINITY Series race. The Drive for the Cure 300 Presented by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NC, which is the final race in the XFINITY Series Chase’s Round of 12, has been rescheduled for 11 a.m. ET…
UK Anti-Doping launches investigation into cycling – ESPN
Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment UK Anti-Doping has said it is examining an “allegation of wrongdoing within cycling”. The announcement came as the Daily Mail reported UKAD is investigating Team Sky and Sir Bradley Wiggins over the contents of a medical package. The newspaper alleges a package was delivered to Team Sky in France on June 12, 2011, and it reports that UKAD is looking at what that contained….
Sport Appeal Not Sex Appeal: Getty’s Guidelines For Visibility of Female Athletes – Newsweek
American photo agency Getty Images and Women’s Sport Trust, a leading women’s sports charity, have launched a project to increase the visibility of female athletes. Focused on showing a realistic representation of sportswomen, the partnership is releasing a “Best of Women’s Sports” editorial curation that is designed to be aspirational. The companies say a host of images will be made available free of charge to schools, universities and not-for profit…
China Is Buying Up European Soccer – and Some Fans Aren’t Happy – Bloomberg
The Chinese company that bought French soccer club Sochaux-Montbeliard never looked like a great fit when carmaker Peugeot SA sold out in 2015 after 87 years of ownership. The buyer is a maker of LED lighting and managed a property for the People’s Liberation Army in Shanghai — not obvious qualifications for reviving a team trying to haul itself back into the top French league after being relegated two years…
Hurricane Scrambles Saturday’s Sports Schedule – New York Times
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Sport Appeal Not Sex Appeal: Getty’s Guidelines For Visibility of Female Athletes – Newsweek
American photo agency Getty Images and Women’s Sport Trust, a leading women’s sports charity, have launched a project to increase the visibility of female athletes. Focused on showing a realistic representation of sportswomen, the partnership is releasing a “Best of Women’s Sports” editorial curation that is designed to be aspirational. The companies say a host of images will be made available free of charge to schools, universities and not-for profit…
Sports Direct slashes profit forecasts on sterling crash – Telegraph.co.uk
John Stevenson, analyst at Peel Hunt, said that it was “entirely self-inflicted” and that no other retailer would be face losses on trading overnight as other companies were hedged well into next year. Sports Direct is still without a permanent chief financial officer, almost three years after Bob Mellors quit the business on the grounds of ill health. Matt Pearson has been “acting” chief financial officer since June last year, but…
Women’s Sport Week 2016: What is the true state of women’s sport today? – Telegraph.co.uk
It has made me passionate about dispelling the idea you cannot be a successful sportsperson if you are not a certain size. But every sport is different, with any and many body types. For swimming, my body was my tool and I tried different things to make it work for me, but when I did weights, I got muscly, so that did not work for me in water. The biggest…
Pope challenges sports world to reject corruption – Catholic Herald Online
The Pope was speaking at the opening ceremony of a world conference on faith and sport hosted by the Pontifical Council for Culture Pope Francis challenged the sports world to fend off corrupt and manipulative practices and to uphold the values of honesty, fairness and transparency. “It would be sad for sport and for humanity if people were unable to trust in the truth of sporting results, or if cynicism…
Women’s Sport Week 2016: What is the true state of women’s sport today? – Telegraph.co.uk
It has made me passionate about dispelling the idea you cannot be a successful sportsperson if you are not a certain size. But every sport is different, with any and many body types. For swimming, my body was my tool and I tried different things to make it work for me, but when I did weights, I got muscly, so that did not work for me in water. The biggest…
NASCAR community preparing for arrival of Hurricane Matthew – FOXSports.com
With the imminent arrival of Hurricane Matthew, NASCAR, tracks and people in the community are preparing for the worst and hoping for the best. Right now, everything is still on schedule at Charlotte Motor Speedway, which will host the Drive for the Cure 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series race Friday night and the Bank of America 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race Saturday night. The forecast does not look good for…
Hurricane Scrambles Saturday’s Sports Schedule – New York Times
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Women’s Sport Week 2016: What is the true state of women’s sport today? – Telegraph.co.uk
It has made me passionate about dispelling the idea you cannot be a successful sportsperson if you are not a certain size. But every sport is different, with any and many body types. For swimming, my body was my tool and I tried different things to make it work for me, but when I did weights, I got muscly, so that did not work for me in water. The biggest…
Five Reasons "Upon Further Review" Hurts Sports – Forbes
Women’s Sport Week 2016: What is the true state of women’s sport today? – Telegraph.co.uk
It has made me passionate about dispelling the idea you cannot be a successful sportsperson if you are not a certain size. But every sport is different, with any and many body types. For swimming, my body was my tool and I tried different things to make it work for me, but when I did weights, I got muscly, so that did not work for me in water. The biggest…
Hurricane Scrambles Saturday’s Sports Schedule – New York Times
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Kosovo route to world stage moved faster by sport than politics – CNN
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Full transcript: Fox Sports 1’s Skip Bayless on Recode Media – Recode
On a recent episode of Recode Media with Peter Kafka, Fox Sports 1’s Skip Bayless explained why arguing on TV is a lot harder than it looks. You can read some of the highlights from Peter’s interview with Skip at that link, or listen to it in the audio player above. Below, we’ve posted a lightly edited complete transcript of the conversation. If you like this, be sure to subscribe…
NASCAR, Charlotte keeping eye on Hurricane Matthew – Nascar
RELATED: Truex discusses weather’s impact on game plan | Weather updates NASCAR officials said they are closely monitoring the track of Hurricane Matthew ahead of Saturday night’s race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. No decision has been made that would potentially alter the status of Saturday night’s Bank of America 500 (7 p.m. ET, NBC, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio), the fourth event in the 10-race Chase for the NASCAR Sprint…
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